Three countries Angola, Botswana and Namibia share the precious freshwater resources of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin, an oasis in the heart of the Kalahari Desert.
In response to growing threats to water supplies due to climate change, growing populations, rising water demand and weak governance, many companies are setting enterprise-wide contextual water targets in priority locations across their value chains. However, setting water targets that respond to local contexts has proved challenging for many companies, as water is not an equally material issue across corporate value chains. Impacts and dependencies on water vary by sector and throughout a single enterprise.